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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A. Kimball, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Durel Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/10 ;
Abstract
A power supply for an EL lamp includes a boost circuit and four semiconductor switches connected as a bridge having an AC diagonal and a DC diagonal having one end grounded. The voltage boost circuit is coupled across the DC diagonal and an electroluminescent lamp is coupled across the AC diagonal of the bridge. The two semiconductor switches coupled to ground are SCRs.